Solutions Focus & OST

[Viv McWaters]

Hi all

I've been off this list for a while - dipping in occasionally to the  
archives and the blog to keep in touch - so apologies if this has  
already been discussed.

I'm exploring the Solutions Focused (SF) approach to facilitating  
(see www.sfwork.co.uk for more info) This resonates mainly because it  
is future orientated, focuses on what works rather than problems,  
uses small steps rather than giant leaps to move forward, encourages  
simple, straightforward language and is action orientated. Sounds a  
lot like OS to me :-)

Next week I'm facilitating a three-day strategic planning event (even  
though I don't believe in strategic planning - but that's another  
story for another time) for 50 staff of an Australian outback  
Aboriginal advocacy and health organisation in Alice Springs. The  
last time staff were involved in anything like this (2002) they were  
able to air issues, not much else. So naturally, I'm using OST. And  
I'm also thinking of incorporating some of the SF approach during the  
convergence phase. Any comments would be most welcome.

Cheers

Viv

PS Here's an unexpected (to me) bonus of belonging to a list like  
this one. The very act of having to compose the post and focus on  
what I want to know has helped me clarify, even answer, some of the  
questions I've been tossing about in my head ;-)

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Viv McWaters
Beyond the Edge Pty Ltd
PO Box 665 Torquay 3228
Australia
+61 3 5261 9498
0417 135 406
Skype VivMcWaters

"Thus the task is not so much to see what no one yet has seen, but to  
think what nobody yet has thought about that which everybody sees. "
Schopenhauer

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